Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice (usually called simply Archbold) is a leading practitioners' text book for the practice of criminal law in the Crown Court of England and Wales. It is also referred to and used in several other common law jurisdictions around the world.
Archbold has been in publication since 1822, when it was first written by John Frederick Archbold. It is currently published by Sweet & Maxwell, a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters. Forty-three revisions were published prior to 1992 and since then it has been published annually. Its authority is such that it is often quoted in court.
The team of authors is made up of experienced solicitors, barristers, King's Counsel and judges.
A separate work, Archbold Magistrates' Courts Criminal Practice (usually called simply Archbold Magistrates) covers the criminal jurisdiction of magistrates' courts and youth courts of England and Wales. It also provides coverage of a number of civil orders which complement the criminal jurisdiction of those courts. , Archbold Magistrates is in its 21st edition.
A further work, ' covers the practice, procedure and rules of evidence applicable to international criminal tribunals, including the International Criminal Court. The fifth and most recent edition of this work was published in 2018.